Sapporo, Japan: Royce Town Factory

 

Visit Royce Town Factory

I took the Gakuentoshi Line from Sapporo station to Royce Town station.  From there, took the shuttle service going to Royce Chocolate Factory.  If the shuttle service does not fit your schedule, you can walk towards the factory for 500m or less than 10 minutes, just be careful if it's too snowy.

Check their website for the ticket reservation.  They also offer activities like chocolate making, which I did not do.

The museum is superb, it's only text-heavy, but you can touch and feel some of the machines and display.  I loved the sound, music and encouragement for active participation of the goers.  It was a good experience.

I liked the activity center the most, it feels like I'm in the arcade.  Playing games about chocolates.  It was so much fun that I was not able to take a photo of the place. 

At the end of the museum, you can write on a  cocoa paper and stick-on to the tree-wall of thoughts.

At the lobby, there are shops with varieties of products  to choose from.  I spent almost 2 hours roaming around the museum, activity centre or arcade and another hour enjoying limited hot chocolate and pastries.  Definitely recommended place for kids, chocolate lovers and young at heart.

How to get there

Royce Town

Location: 640-15 Bitoe, Tobetsu, Ishikari District, Hokkaido 061-3775, Japan

Itinerary: Places to go, Things to see, What to do?

Day	Places to See	Food and Restaurants	Accommodation
1	Otaru Canal	Bikkuri Donkey	Hotel Dormy Inn Premium
2	Otaru Canal Sakaimachi Street Otaru Music Box Museum 出抜き小路 火の見櫓  Observation Deck Japan Post Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway Asari Station	Kitaichi Hall LeTAO Main Store Robataya Turukichi	same
3	Nikka Whisky Hokkaido Factory Guardian Angels Cathedral Sapporo TV Tower Susukino Undeground market between Susukino,  Odori and Sapporo stations	Baristart Coffee	Hotel Forza Sapporo
4	Moai statue in Makomanai Takino Hill of Buddha Royce Town Factory	Lamp Light Books café	same
5	Bibai Snow Land JR Tower Observatory T38	Morihico Coffee T'café	same
6	Hokkaido University Museum Domestic and International areas	Tokuichi Tully's Coffee